Two muslim women sue London firm for religious discrimination

Two muslim women working as brokers for a London firm have sued the firm for religious discrimination. The women claim the firm transfered Jewish clients to non-muslim co-workers. The Firm denies this, it stated that it consulted with one of the women about transfering a number of clients, including Jewish and non muslim clients, in order to encourage more productive broking.

AHH...so the two women weren't that very good at their jobs. Telegraph

Lawyers for the co-workers will outline a series of allegations, including racial, sexual and religious discrimination, against broker Tradition Securities & Futures at the opening of the employment tribunal on Wednesday.

Their claims are expected to throw a light on the seedier side of the City.

The women, Muslims of North African descent in their thirties, joined Tradition – a French company – in Paris six years ago. They moved with the trading desk to London in 2004 and quit two years later after deciding they could no longer work in the environment. [...]

One of the claimants alleges that a client working for a big bank was allocated to a Jewish co-worker because the two "had in common both language and race".

"The removal of certain clients from the claimants ... might have been because the claimants are Muslim and because they are women," the submission says.[...]

"TSAF did consult with one of the claimants concerning a proposed reallocation of a number of clients – not only those that are Jewish – in order to encourage more productive broking. The claimant concerned made all decisions concerning allocation of clients herself, with full discretion and no coercion."